
Lead Security Engineer
Broadridge
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newark • Massachusetts • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $175,000 - $185,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise security solutions, including NGFW, WAF, IPS, and DoS mitigation platforms.
- Architect scalable and resilient security infrastructure aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee onboarding of critical applications to security platforms, ensuring alignment with threat models and risk posture.
- Define and evolve standards, policies, and procedures for secure configuration, change management, and incident response.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess risk, recommend controls, and integrate security into infrastructure and application design.
- Present technical strategies and risk assessments to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, innovation, and adoption of emerging technologies.
- Lead response efforts for high-impact security incidents and coordinate root cause analysis and remediation.
- Represent the team in internal and external audits, ensuring evidence and documentation are complete and accurate.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in security engineering, architecture, or infrastructure security roles.
- Proven expertise in: - Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) – Palo Alto preferred - Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) – Cisco, Palo Alto - Denial of Service (DoS) mitigation – Radware, Cloudflare, Akamai - Web Application Firewalls (WAF) – Cloudflare, AWS Cloudfront - Network Access Control (NAC) – Cisco
- Strong experience authoring technical documentation and visual materials to communicate architecture, operational models, and ROI.
- Exceptional project and time management skills; able to lead multiple initiatives while maintaining strategic focus.
- Clear, confident communicator with the ability to influence, make decisions under pressure, and prioritize effectively.
- Participation in off-hours support rotation is expected.
- Candidates must be available for weekend work when risk-based changes require it.
- Self-driven and curious, with the ability to operate independently and identify the right tools and approaches to solve complex problems.
Benefits
- Bonus Eligible
- Please visit www.broadridgebenefits.com for information on our comprehensive benefit offerings for this role.
- All Colorado employees receive paid sick leave in compliance with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and other legally required benefits, as applicable.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW)Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)Denial of Service (DoS) mitigationWeb Application Firewalls (WAF)Network Access Control (NAC)security engineeringsecurity architectureinfrastructure securitytechnical documentationrisk assessment
Soft Skills
project managementtime managementcommunicationinfluencedecision makingprioritizationmentoringcollaborationcontinuous improvementproblem solving